ISLANDij^ OF MAVO AND S^. JAGO. 



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d^k^d 111 t^oUleii arniour^ moot tlio oyo. But 

 tilt' n]»])roaolt tu tlio (-apo Venl isUmds doos not 

 possess tliose boaiities in any pi'ofusiou^ — barroii 

 volcanic xnountaius, contrasted occasionally only 

 by a few^ers nt a -^^tim^ ^tmms^ are seen 

 fn&tmi ; evm tbese l^om^ m a^mMe pros- 

 pect, Ijoinp; Ji olifino'c from tlio monotony of" 

 sliij), l)iit a (loparturo from them, after a few 

 days" sojourn, is attended with but little if any 

 regret. 



On tbe 26tH, at dayllgbt^ im ^aikd a 



pleasant Iiroeze liotwoen the island of Mayo and 

 that of J>t. .hi^'o ; the former distant about ten, 

 the latter about eighteen miles; the western side 

 0^ Bad a stedia aj^f^^^oai ^h^mm 

 nm^ tM a tr,?a ot ^oo^ of in^rdari^ to ba w&a. 

 The lofty mountain of St. Antonio, on the Island 

 of St. Ja*jo. wns vi^ifde ; its d(T'livities verdant, 

 but the peaked suunnit was for the most part 

 hidden by eIoyte% Ab we coasted idong the 

 lat^ Mmdf tbe Ibatnre of <!oasiiir$s T^iry 



boiren, althouii'li it was occasionally rdieved 

 by ;i small rdant valley, diversified by some 

 misrrahle biits and a few stunted cocoa-nut trees. 

 In the afternoon we anchored at Porto Pray a, * 



about a quartet of a mlla fimxn the ik^m* 



* **Vt$.^*' % 1^ tim^m^ language^ 



bench Of t)smB** 



